Eulemur mongoz

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Mongoose Lemur

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Location:USA, CA, Sacramento co., Sacramento ZooDate taken:26 June 1999

Distribution :

NW Madagascar, between Majunga and Betsiboka; Anjouan, Moheli (Comoro Isls).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3968

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Infraorder: Lemuriformes
Family: Lemuridae
Genus: Eulemur

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Duodecima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 532 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946240

Original name as described

Lemur Mongoz

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Comoros, Anjouan Island.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000998

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 32 names and synonyms.

Lemur Mongoz

Linnaeus, 1766

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

mongoz

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Madagascar

Type locality

Comoros: Anjouan.

Authority page

44

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946240

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

Linnaeus (1766:44, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946240) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
Boddaert (1772:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
Müller (1776:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38532)
Erxleben (1777:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
Leske (1779:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69307)
Borowski (1780:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28346918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67756)
Zimmermann (1783:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
Gmelin (1788:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
Kerr (1792:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
Link (1795:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272941) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
André (1795:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37443)
Wolf (1796:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
Audebert (1800:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948898) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68278)
Shaw (1800:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
Bechstein (1801:200, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30309305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60397)
Daudin (1802:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
Turton (1802:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772858) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
Treviranus (1802:203, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
Fischer (1803:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47061723) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69311)
Fischer (1804:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35209)
Goldfuss (1809:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
Fischer (1813:565, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49925)
Illiger (1815:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
Lichtenstein (1818:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68386)
Voigt (1819:408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
Hemprich (1820:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
Desmarest (1821:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
Lesson (1827:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207534) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Fischer (1829:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Eichwald (1831:386, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753051) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
Smith (1842:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
Gistel (1848:244, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25781121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69572)
Carus (1868:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36932289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61667)
Sclater (1872:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
Schlegel (1876:312, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
Trouessart (1878:164, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58779)
Flower & Lydekker (1891:689, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
Lorenz-Liburnau (1898:447, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66745)
Trouessart (1904:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Elliot (1913:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
Weber (1928:736) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69650)
Schwarz (1931:414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14220)
Allen (1939:128, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Tattersall (1973:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5036)
Corbet & Hill (1980:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Lemur Simia-Sciurus

von Schreber, 1774

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

simiasciurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Madagascar.

Authority page

pl. 42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31060074

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lemur Mongus:

Brünnich, 1782

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

mongus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

43

Authority publication

Copenhagen

Name usages

Brünnich (1782:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68417)

Prosimia Mongoz:

Boddaert, 1785

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

mongoz

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

65

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230029

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

Boddaert (1785:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230029) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
Lesson (1842:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Gray (1863:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41287)
Murray (1866:323, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Gray (1871:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)

Lemur mongos:

G. Cuvier, 1797

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

mongos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637183

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1797:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
Griffith (1821:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68343)
Schinz (1821:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Elliot (1907:544, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36209124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35101)

Simia sciurus

Goldfuss, 1809

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

sciurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type locality

Madagascar.

Authority page

60

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497841

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

Goldfuss (1809:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497841) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Lemur albimanus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

albimanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1993-4249 (= MNHN:type:125b) (= MNHN "113")

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

Madagascar

Type locality

Comoros: Anjouan.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1993-4248

Authority page

160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499358

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Desmarest (1821:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
Schinz (1821:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Lesson (1827:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Fischer (1829:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Smith (1842:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
Lorenz-Liburnau (1898:450, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66745)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Lemur anjuanensis

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

anjuanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1993-4246 (= MNHN:type:126) (= MNHN "100")

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

l'île d'Anjouan, une des îles de la côte de Madagascar

Type locality

Comoros: Anjouan.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1993-4246

Authority page

161

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499359

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Fischer (1829:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Peters (1852:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61421)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Lemur nigrifrons

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

nigrifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Madagascar

Type locality

Comoros: Anjouan.

Authority page

160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499358

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Desmarest (1821:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
Lesson (1827:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Fischer (1829:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
Smith (1842:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
Blyth (1863:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534723) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
Elliot (1913:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Maki mongous:

Muirhead, 1819

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

mongous

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

405

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Muirhead (1819:405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)

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